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Preamble

’Round Midnight

By Lewis H. Lapham

Lewis H. Lapham’s musical educations.

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Essay

Sun Ra in Sin City

By John Corbett

The origins of an outer-space empire.

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Essay

Secret Music

By Christopher Carroll

On Duke Ellington’s The Queen’s Suite.

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Essay

How Deep Is Your Love?

By Alison Kinney

How Ludwig II’s love for Richard Wagner inspired the world’s greatest work of fan art.

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Essay

The Emperor’s New Music

By Xiaofei Tian

The high stakes of popular music in ancient China.

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Essay

Songs from Sinjar

By Alex Cuadros

How ISIS is hastening the end of the Yezidis’ ancient oral tradition.

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